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Sen. Robert Menendez’ ties to a donor who’s under FBI investigation are deeper than initially reported: According to the Washington Post, he contacted top federal health officials twice over their finding that the donor overbilled Medicare. And research by OpenSecrets.org shows the donor and his wife each contributed to Menendez’ legal defense fund

Donors to Americans for Prosperity, a 501(c)(4) group founded by one of the Koch brothers and heavily involved in politics, include several conservative foundations, the American Petroleum Institute, and a conduit fund designed to give contributors an extra layer of anonymity. The sources of about 75 percent of its 2010 budget remain even more of a mystery.

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